Madras HC Directs YouTuber To Pay ₹50 Lakh Compensation To Seva Bharathi For Defamatory Video Alleging That It Wants To Eliminate Christianity

The Madras High Court has held that the law does not give absolute license to YouTubers and social media to spoil the reputation of others. The Court held thus while ordering the anchor of YouTube channel Karuppar Koottam to pay damages of ₹50 lakh to Seva Bharathi Tamil Nadu for a defamatory video.

The Youtuber had linked Seva Bharathi to the custodial death of two Christians inside a Police Station to eliminate Christianity with the support of the RSS.

The bench of Justice N. Sathish Kumar observed, “Merely, under the pretext of freedom of expression, one cannot make interview intruding the privacy of others, the Law does not give such absolute license to the Youtubers and the social media to spoil the reputation of others.”